Ghosties Part 4: Banshees

I've been working on a quick and effective way to paint my ethereals and I think I've cracked it. Compared to my previous versions, these came out much more vibrant and with better contrast, while still being quick and easy to actually paint.

These were painted using oils (phthalo blue, lemon yellow, and white) over a blue undercoat with a turquoise zenithal(ish) highlight (the paints were Molotow petrol and turquoise). My main problems were that I wasn't quite patient enough to let everything dry enough to apply the final highlights of white (which would have helped me get sharper lines, I think), and I thought I could get away without painting the bases a different colour after the zenithal turquoise undercoat. The former I will probably make again, the latter I hope I will not. Covering up the turquoise with greys and browns was not easy.

Until next time, happy painting! 

Farseer

I decided to have a go at a traditional colour scheme for this farseer. I pinched the spear for a conversion for another model, so decided to give this farseer a wriathblade sword instead.

I'm really happy with the bright, vibrant red on the inner robe. It's a combination of burgundy and traffic red acrylic paints from Molotow, cadmium red oil paint with blue mixed in for shadows and yellow and white for highlights (I think it was a blue). I decided to redo the final highlights in acrylic (once dry), with whatever bright red, yellow, and white I had to hand (used sparingly).

Until next time, happy painting!

Melusai Ironscale

I've been painting a couple of random models not for any specific collection. This is one of them.

Until I built it, I was very excited by this model, but I absolutely hate the way the tail fits together and around the column. I found it impossible to get the seams to line perfectly, so some scales have - to my eye - noticeably bigger gaps between them than they should. Nevertheless, once I got over that it was relaxing to paint and try some rich, venomous colours.

 

 

Until next time, happy painting!